IP Library Granted Patent US 10,854,799
Granted Patent B2
US 10,854,799 · App. 16/240,079 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Display device

Inventor: Noritaka Tanabe (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,854,799
App. No.
16/240,079
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display, at least one light source, and a light source disposition component. The display displays image. The at least one light source emits light to the display. The at least one light source is disposed on the light source disposition component, with the light source disposition component having a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape.

Claims (30)

1. A display device comprising:

a display that displays image;

at least one light source array each having a plurality of light sources that is linearly arranged with respect to each other in a first direction of the display device and emits light to the display; and

at least one light source disposition component on each of which only one light source array is disposed, with the at least one light source disposition component having a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape taken in a plane perpendicular to the first direction of the display device, with the trapezoidal cross-sectional shape having two non-parallel opposite sides.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one light source disposition component each has a pair of inclined parts and a flat part that connects the inclined parts.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the light source array is disposed on the flat part of the corresponding light source disposition component.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising

a wiring board for the light source array, the wiring board being provided between the light source array and the flat part of the corresponding light source disposition component.

5. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising

a heat sink provided between the light source array and the flat part of the corresponding light source disposition component.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a reflective sheet that reflects the light from the light sources.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the at least one light source disposition component is covered by the reflective sheet.

8. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the reflective sheet has at least one pair of inclined parts, the inclined parts of the reflective sheet being provided to be opposite a pair of inclined parts of the corresponding light source disposition component, respectively.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the reflective sheet includes a bottom face that is arranged substantially parallel to a display face of the display.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the at least one light source array is disposed at a location closer to the display than the bottom face of the reflective sheet in a direction substantially perpendicular to the display face of the display.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light sources are LED elements.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light sources are arranged along a horizontal line on a plane substantially parallel to a display face of the display.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light sources are arranged along a vertical line on a plane substantially parallel to a display face of the display.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one light source array includes a plurality of light source arrays arranged in a plurality of lines.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI GROUP CO., LTD
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073121/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (F/K/A FE-TECH CO., LTD.)
To: FEC IP LLC
Reel/Frame 073121/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2019
From: TANABE, NORITAKA
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047904/0241 →
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